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I-918 (U Visa) Processing Times

Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status

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21.0 mo – 27.0 mo

Current I-918 Processing Time

As of , USCIS I-918 (Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status) processing times average 21.0 mo to 27.0 mo, with full range 21.0 mo to 27.0 mo. Processing is handled at Service Center Operations. Processing times have been increasing over the past three months. Source data is checked daily; USCIS publishes new estimates about monthly.

USCIS processing scope: Petition for a noncitizen who is a victim of qualifying criminal activity, and their qualifying family members (Time from Initial Filing to Bona Fide Determination (BFD) Review). This is a BFD-review processing time, not the time from initial receipt to final issuance of U nonimmigrant status.

We check daily — USCIS has not published new data since Aug 17, 2026.

Processing Time Trend

Upper bound of processing time range shown. Source: USCIS Processing Times.

Current values and chart series cover Petition for a noncitizen who is a victim of qualifying criminal activity, and their qualifying family members (Time from Initial Filing to Bona Fide Determination (BFD) Review).

The chart includes historical office series (Vermont Service Center and Nebraska Service Center) from offices that previously reported this form. The current table below lists only offices with current USCIS estimates.

Dashed lines are offices that no longer report this form; each ends at its last published date.

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I-918 Processing Times by Service Center

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The comparison below reports Petition for a noncitizen who is a victim of qualifying criminal activity, and their qualifying family members (Time from Initial Filing to Bona Fide Determination (BFD) Review) by service center.

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Service Center Operations (SCD) Only location 21.0 mo 27.0 mo Fast

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As of Aug 17, 2026, USCIS processing times for I-918 (Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status), currently published for Petition for a noncitizen who is a victim of qualifying criminal activity, and their qualifying family members (Time from Initial Filing to Bona Fide Determination (BFD) Review), range from 21.0 mo to 27.0 mo. Source: https://immigrationtimes.org/forms/i-918/. Dataset version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21311840

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Frequently Asked Questions

USCIS currently publishes Form I-918 processing times for Petition for a noncitizen who is a victim of qualifying criminal activity, and their qualifying family members (Time from Initial Filing to Bona Fide Determination (BFD) Review). Current published I-918 BFD review times range from 21.0 mo to 27.0 mo. This is a BFD-review processing time, not the time from initial receipt to final issuance of U nonimmigrant status.

USCIS currently publishes Form I-918 processing times for Petition for a noncitizen who is a victim of qualifying criminal activity, and their qualifying family members (Time from Initial Filing to Bona Fide Determination (BFD) Review). Current published I-918 BFD review times range from 21.0 mo to 27.0 mo. This is a BFD-review processing time, not the time from initial receipt to final issuance of U nonimmigrant status.

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Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Data aggregated from 63 USCIS processing time publications, issued monthly. Data last updated . See our data sources and methodology. Permanent link.

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